{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-48.500","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 48.500","heading":"Interpretation of branch budget bills -- Legislative review.","body":"(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, when the General Assembly is not in\nsession, all questions that arise as to the meaning of items in a branch budget bill\nshall be decided by the Finance and Administration Cabinet for the executive\nbranch budget b ill and the Transportation Cabinet budget bill, and by the Chief\nJustice and the Legislative Research Commission for their respective branches of\ngovernment.\n(2) The secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Chief Justice, and the\nLegislative Research Commission shall transmit decisions made under subsection\n(1) of this section to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue of\nthe Legislative Research Commission and shall include, in detail, the reasons for\nsuch decisions.\n(3) If the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue disapproves a\ndecision made under this section, the decision shall not be implemented unless it is:\n(a) Revised to comply with the objections of the committee; or\n(b) The committee is informed, in writing, in detail, within thirty (30) days of the\ncommittee's disapproval, that a determination has been made not to comply\nwith the objections of the committee.","path":["KRS Chapter 48"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=39791","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:09Z","sha256":"4d607ae2a52592e922694136579be2279abfe1b119605b19df345a9a30804013","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-48.400","next":"us-ky/krs-48.600"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}